WWE and 2K are being taken to court over the depiction of one wrestler's sleeve tattoos. The Hollywood Reporter notes that artist Catherine Alexander has challenged these organizations over their use of her tattoo designs, present on the player model of Randy Orton, which marks the first case of a copyright dispute over tattoo art reproduction in a game that has gone to trial.
A federal judge in Illinois has given a partial summary judgment that finds that the WWE 2K game series has copied Alexander's work, and it will now come down to a jury to decide whether this constitutes copyright infringement. The case centers around six tattoos on Orton's arms, all of which have been recreated in-game, which Alexander never gave permission to reproduce.
This is not the first time 2K has been to court over tattoos, but when a similar challenge happened relating to NBA 2K, the courts found in favor of 2K. The case was never taken to trial.
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